Varttina scoop the WOMEX 12 Artist Award

10th October 2012

We are proud to announce that the winner of the WOMEX 12 Artist Award is Värttinä from Finland.

They will perform on Sunday morning, 21 October 2012, during the WOMEX Award Ceremony accompanied by a WOMEX Networking Breakfast, both open to WOMEX delegates only. The laudation will be offered by Fiona Talkington (UK), BBC Radio Presenter, Curator.

If you are off to Thessaloniki for WOMEX don’t miss Värttinä in the Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 12 Artist
Award Conference Session at 17:00 – 17:45 on Saturday, 20 October in Helexpo, Room C (Pav. 8).

More information about the WOMEX Awards:
http://www.womex.com/lnk/awards

Their new album, Utu, is reviewed by Fiona in the November/December issue of Songlines with a track from it on the covermount “Top Of The World” CD.

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